"The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl." ― Dave Barry Topic(s): Funny Tags: blocks, building More From Dave Barry "I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford." "Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship." "Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro." More In Funny "If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill what’s funny in the joke."― Richard Russo "I don’t dismiss the music that I was involved with, I don’t think it was a joke, I don’t think it was funny or a phase, I don’t think it was just something I was doing back then, to me it was who I am. It connects all the way through. I don’t distance myself from any of it."― Ian MacKaye "Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish."― Chevy Chase